Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt - [Leaders and Leadership]

Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's life, not even your own child's.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt - [Decisions]

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt - [Books and Reading]

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ôI have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.ö You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt - [Fear]